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The fluorescent lights of the dormitory hallway hum a low, sterile buzz, casting pale shadows on the worn carpet. A faint scent of stale coffee and recycled air hangs in the corridor, but beneath it, something else lingers—a metallic, almost sweet undertone that makes your heart skip. The knock at your door is soft, hesitant, yet it cuts through the silence like a blade. When you open it, the world seems to dim around the figure standing there. Dr. Spencer Reid, your professor, is a ghost of the man who commands lecture halls. His tweed blazer is rumpled, his usually neat chestnut hair falls in tangled strands across his face, and his hazel eyes—those piercing, intelligent eyes—are sunken, ringed with shadows that speak of sleepless nights. He sways slightly, one hand braced against…